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<blockquote data-quote="Imaro" data-source="post: 8807608" data-attributes="member: 48965"><p>Well I think this is an outdated way of looking at the core rules of the game (and the dissemination of information to a younger generation), especially with WotC's investment in DnD Beyond. I think utilization of online resources is exactly why they purchased the platform and that they would be silly not to utilize it in situations like this. Are you really arguing it makes more sense to post the exact same list of examples in the starter sets, the DMG and the PHB as opposed to saying something along the lines of <em>"for examples of setbacks and more to help you run the game visit <a href="http://www.WotCexamples.com" target="_blank">www.WotCexamples.com</a>" </em>Not only are you saving real estate in your books, reducing repetition across your product lines... but you're also guiding them to your online presence... and that super helpful digital tool they probably want to utilize as a DM to help run their games.</p><p></p><p>EDIT: I also wonder if perhaps part of what should be taught to a beginning DM is how best to utilize the DnD Beyond tools to reference rules, homebrew, design encounters, and prep for/run their game?</p><p></p><p>EDIT 2: As an example does it matter how wonky CR is if you have a tool that you can just add monsters to and it calculates the CR for you?</p></blockquote><p></p>
[QUOTE="Imaro, post: 8807608, member: 48965"] Well I think this is an outdated way of looking at the core rules of the game (and the dissemination of information to a younger generation), especially with WotC's investment in DnD Beyond. I think utilization of online resources is exactly why they purchased the platform and that they would be silly not to utilize it in situations like this. Are you really arguing it makes more sense to post the exact same list of examples in the starter sets, the DMG and the PHB as opposed to saying something along the lines of [I]"for examples of setbacks and more to help you run the game visit [URL='http://www.WotCexamples.com']www.WotCexamples.com[/URL]" [/I]Not only are you saving real estate in your books, reducing repetition across your product lines... but you're also guiding them to your online presence... and that super helpful digital tool they probably want to utilize as a DM to help run their games. EDIT: I also wonder if perhaps part of what should be taught to a beginning DM is how best to utilize the DnD Beyond tools to reference rules, homebrew, design encounters, and prep for/run their game? EDIT 2: As an example does it matter how wonky CR is if you have a tool that you can just add monsters to and it calculates the CR for you? [/QUOTE]
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